Schooling for Sustainability Leadership Academy 2011-2012

Schooling for Sustainability Leadership Academy 2011-2012

October 20 2011

David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA

This seminar is sold out.

The Center for
Ecoliteracy invites visionary educators to apply to participate in the
Center's 2011–2012 Schooling for
Sustainability Leadership Academy. The Academy will meet for four all-day
sessions, scheduled
for Thursday, October 20, 2011; Thursday, December 1, 2011; Thursday, February
9, 2012; and Thursday, May 3, 2012.

Here's what previous Leadership Academy participants say:

"I find myself speaking frequently of the experience of being in an environment with the finest minds the educational world has to offer, and the inspiration that afforded. Working side by side with my true peers triggered the kind of deep, satisfying creativity that feeds the soul."

"It was an honor to be part of this eclectic group and guided by your deep knowledge and gentle guidance."

"The work I have done with the Center for Ecoliteacy is really being woven into the fabric of our school. You are all so amazing and I appreciate your work so much."

2011–2012 participants will have
the opportunity to:

address
the need to build a strong force of onsite leaders who take a systems-thinking
approach to education for sustainability

cultivate
the ability and courage to reshape schools in alignment with ecological
principles

learn successful leadership strategies to inspire
their faculties and school communities

design projects to apply ideas from the Academy to their sites

Academy participants will
work with leaders in the schooling for sustainability movement, including
Fritjof Capra, Zenobia Barlow, and Carolie Sly. Sessions will feature presentations
by creative, inspirational educators and investigations of schools at the
forefront of schooling for sustainability. Center for Ecoliteracy staff will
assist Academy members in designing and implementing their projects and in documenting and sharing their work with others.

To ensure maximum
interaction, enrollment is limited to 30 participants.

Requirements and Costs

Participants are expected
to attend all four meetings of the Academy and to complete assignments between
meetings.

The registration fee is due before the first Academy session in October. It includes
course materials as well as breakfast and lunch on the day of each session.

Schools that employ
applicants must agree to cover teacher substitute costs for the four days of
the Academy.

A limited number of scholarships are available for public school educators working in low-income communities. If you wish to apply for scholarship assistance, please indicate this need in the "Comments" section of your application.

Fee:$525

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About the Faculty

Carolie Sly

Carolie Sly, Ph.D., education program director of the Center for Ecoliteracy, founded ReGeneration, a high school for at-risk youth, and taught at San Francisco State University and public schools in Davis and Napa, California. She has coauthored several books, including the award-winning California State Environmental Education Guide and the Center's Big Ideas: Linking Food, Culture, Health, and the Environment. She also coauthored CEL's discussion guide for the Oscar-nominated film Food, Inc.

Fritjof Capra

Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., is cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy and former chair of the board of directors. In addition to his research in physics and systems theory, he has been
engaged in a systematic examination of the philosophical and social
implications of contemporary science for the past 30 years. His
internationally acclaimed books include The Tao of Physics, The Turning Point, The Web of Life, The Hidden Connections, and The Science of Leonardo.
He serves on the faculty of Schumacher College and lectures widely to
lay and professional audiences in Europe, Asia, and North and South
America.

Zenobia Barlow

Zenobia Barlow, executive director and cofounder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, is a pioneer in applying ecological and indigenous understanding in K-12 education. She is coauthor of Ecoliterate and coedited Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World and Ecoliteracy: Mapping the Terrain. She is a fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and served on an international team advising Bhutan on remaking the national education system.